United States

6,420,156

65.4%

15.3%

19.3%

32.6%

67.4%

New England:

Connecticut

80,482

58.8%

14.5%

26.7%

*

22.3%

77.7%

Maine

33,771

60.6%

14.6%

24.8%

31.3%

68.7%

Massachusetts

152,750

59.7%

15.6%

24.7%

21.2%

78.8%

New Hampshire

31,460

56.0%

18.9%

25.1%

28.7%

71.3%

Rhode Island

25,081

61.3%

18.2%

20.5%

24.0%

76.0%

Vermont

19,748

57.3%

15.9%

26.8%

26.9%

73.1%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

206,293

64.0%

16.0%

20.0%

25.9%

74.1%

New York

434,598

67.8%

14.8%

17.4%

28.0%

72.0%

Pennsylvania

265,476

66.0%

15.0%

19.0%

29.1%

70.9%

East North Central:

Illinois

272,647

64.3%

13.7%

22.0%

29.5%

70.5%

Indiana

129,648

63.6%

15.1%

21.3%

32.7%

67.3%

Michigan

208,943

58.5%

17.1%

24.4%

38.9%

61.1%

Ohio

231,842

65.5%

17.3%

17.2%

35.5%

64.5%

Wisconsin

132,911

55.2%

15.4%

29.4%

34.8%

65.2%

West North Central:

Iowa

82,158

59.2%

16.3%

24.5%

41.4%

58.6%

Kansas

67,917

63.2%

15.8%

20.9%

40.8%

59.2%

Minnesota

130,401

58.7%

13.4%

28.0%

31.8%

68.2%

Missouri

124,720

66.9%

14.5%

18.6%

38.2%

61.8%

Nebraska

50,685

55.3%

20.2%

24.5%

42.3%

57.7%

North Dakota

21,938

55.0%

17.9%

27.1%

38.2%

61.8%

South Dakota

23,456

59.2%

16.2%

24.7%

41.8%

58.2%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

21,748

63.0%

13.3%

23.7%

33.2%

66.8%

District of Columbia

18,389

77.5%

12.2%

10.3%

19.0%

81.0%

Florida

405,660

71.4%

16.1%

12.5%

30.6%

69.4%

Georgia

184,664

74.3%

11.0%

14.7%

34.0%

66.0%

Maryland

113,534

62.3%

17.9%

19.8%

26.3%

73.7%

North Carolina

183,075

66.5%

17.4%

16.1%

32.9%

67.1%

South Carolina

90,671

68.6%

13.9%

17.4%

42.7%

57.3%

Virginia

169,292

70.4%

13.0%

16.6%

33.9%

66.1%

West Virginia

34,099

68.4%

12.4%

19.2%

51.0%

49.0%

East South Central:

Alabama

87,770

68.7%

12.6%

18.6%

46.8%

53.2%

Kentucky

83,681

63.3%

17.8%

19.0%

46.6%

53.4%

Mississippi

51,657

64.5%

17.3%

18.2%

50.5%

49.5%

Tennessee

117,283

72.5%

12.9%

14.6%

39.0%

61.0%

West South Central:

Arkansas

57,024

67.0%

13.3%

19.7%

48.5%

51.5%

Louisiana

90,886

70.1%

13.0%

16.9%

43.5%

56.5%

Oklahoma

78,685

68.7%

16.3%

15.1%

41.6%

58.4%

Texas

418,729

69.3%

14.8%

15.8%

38.1%

61.9%

Mountain:

Arizona

110,766

68.1%

14.6%

17.2%

29.5%

70.5%

Colorado

123,241

62.9%

15.4%

21.7%

34.1%

65.9%

Idaho

38,960

63.1%

14.6%

22.3%

33.3%

66.7%

Montana

34,646

61.2%

17.4%

21.4%

41.5%

58.5%

Nevada

47,718

62.1%

21.2%

16.7%

34.0%

66.0%

New Mexico

39,484

66.9%

12.6%

20.6%

40.0%

60.0%

Utah

55,694

60.7%

14.1%

25.2%

27.9%

72.1%

Wyoming

18,559

66.0%

14.3%

19.8%

32.5%

67.5%

Pacific:

Alaska

17,215

57.3%

13.0%

29.7%

*

20.3%

79.7%

California

726,247

64.8%

15.3%

20.0%

26.3%

73.7%

Hawaii

27,891

66.6%

12.1%

21.4%

29.3%

70.7%

Oregon

94,546

59.1%

19.8%

21.1%

29.4%

70.6%

Washington

151,417

61.9%

18.5%

19.6%

25.8%

74.2%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

United States

24,625

0.22%

0.09%

0.24%

0.36%

0.36%

New England:

Connecticut

6,465

4.35%

2.17%

5.48%

*

3.71%

3.71%

Maine

1,143

3.05%

1.36%

2.83%

3.35%

3.35%

Massachusetts

3,604

1.93%

1.38%

2.39%

1.39%

1.39%

New Hampshire

872

2.98%

2.03%

2.52%

2.73%

2.73%

Rhode Island

896

2.09%

1.68%

2.26%

2.73%

2.73%

Vermont

388

2.13%

1.89%

1.94%

2.03%

2.03%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

8,753

2.04%

2.10%

1.24%

2.63%

2.63%

New York

10,150

1.39%

1.66%

1.78%

0.70%

0.70%

Pennsylvania

5,894

1.47%

1.11%

1.56%

2.55%

2.55%

East North Central:

Illinois

6,548

2.87%

1.75%

1.81%

1.82%

1.82%

Indiana

5,828

3.20%

1.34%

2.84%

2.05%

2.05%

Michigan

5,170

2.78%

2.72%

2.02%

2.94%

2.94%

Ohio

9,133

1.25%

1.03%

1.28%

2.73%

2.73%

Wisconsin

4,813

3.62%

2.21%

3.09%

3.96%

3.96%

West North Central:

Iowa

2,193

1.70%

1.29%

1.47%

1.63%

1.63%

Kansas

1,936

2.14%

1.53%

1.26%

1.79%

1.79%

Minnesota

2,413

1.50%

1.28%

2.36%

2.45%

2.45%

Missouri

3,571

2.49%

0.92%

2.09%

2.53%

2.53%

Nebraska

1,149

2.45%

2.35%

2.87%

2.02%

2.02%

North Dakota

544

1.97%

1.29%

1.73%

2.47%

2.47%

South Dakota

1,669

3.00%

1.91%

1.70%

2.37%

2.37%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

912

1.51%

1.65%

1.97%

1.26%

1.26%

District of Columbia

712

1.93%

1.70%

1.81%

1.25%

1.25%

Florida

10,053

1.99%

1.71%

1.36%

2.69%

2.69%

Georgia

5,122

1.94%

1.51%

2.02%

1.64%

1.64%

Maryland

3,998

3.58%

2.86%

2.44%

2.23%

2.23%

North Carolina

3,442

1.51%

2.06%

1.54%

2.28%

2.28%

South Carolina

3,723

1.79%

1.68%

1.65%

2.32%

2.32%

Virginia

6,247

2.13%

2.01%

1.72%

1.91%

1.91%

West Virginia

840

2.17%

1.54%

1.47%

2.32%

2.32%

East South Central:

Alabama

3,241

2.36%

1.72%

1.99%

3.01%

3.01%

Kentucky

2,624

1.68%

2.33%

2.22%

2.17%

2.17%

Mississippi

1,532

2.33%

1.59%

1.38%

2.82%

2.82%

Tennessee

4,630

2.73%

1.85%

1.74%

2.87%

2.87%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2,377

2.14%

1.08%

1.35%

2.31%

2.31%

Louisiana

2,381

3.65%

2.08%

3.23%

2.89%

2.89%

Oklahoma

2,772

2.44%

1.43%

1.80%

2.31%

2.31%

Texas

8,075

2.07%

1.48%

1.53%

1.40%

1.40%

Mountain:

Arizona

3,192

3.41%

2.35%

2.02%

2.04%

2.04%

Colorado

4,899

2.86%

1.61%

2.64%

2.92%

2.92%

Idaho

1,716

1.82%

1.80%

1.92%

1.50%

1.50%

Montana

1,924

2.33%

2.31%

1.45%

1.84%

1.84%

Nevada

3,141

3.13%

3.22%

2.38%

3.56%

3.56%

New Mexico

946

2.56%

1.71%

1.80%

1.96%

1.96%

Utah

2,030

2.55%

1.80%

2.37%

1.65%

1.65%

Wyoming

1,484

2.90%

1.34%

2.05%

2.52%

2.52%

Pacific:

Alaska

1,970

3.41%

2.27%

4.39%

*

2.44%

2.44%

California

14,193

0.64%

0.73%

0.83%

1.31%

1.31%

Hawaii

1,471

3.34%

1.28%

3.38%

3.40%

3.40%

Oregon

2,936

2.59%

2.18%

3.16%

3.12%

3.12%

Washington

2,125

3.68%

2.72%

2.31%

2.18%

2.18%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.